**** The wind industry is the Great Pretender: always claiming to be a real match for conventional power generation sources, but never capable of delivering when it really counts (see our posts here and here). In Germany, the wind industry is left howling about a weather driven conspiracy against it; as wind power output routinely … Continue reading Texas Blames Wind Power Slump on (you guessed it) … the Wind
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We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle
There aren’t many guarantees in life – death and taxes spring to mind: to which can be added community opposition to giant fans. Wherever wind farms have appeared - or have been threatened - big numbers of locals take a set against the monsters being speared into their previously peaceful – and often idyllic – … Continue reading The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor
When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make – about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out – be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor
A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud
Rebecca Thompson is the brilliant young journo behind the recent Sun News documentary, Down Wind - that tipped a bucket on the great wind power fraud in Canada (see our post here). Down Wind, which runs for 96 minutes, can be purchased as a file and downloaded or as a DVD for those in the … Continue reading A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud
Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …
**** Power from wind turbines slumps - due to lack of wind The Telegraph Emily Gosden 25 September 2014 Electricity output from UK wind farms falls by a fifth due to unusually low wind speeds Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new … Continue reading Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …
Wind Power’s True & Hidden Costs: A Dirty Big Secret
Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret National Review Online Rupert Darwall 23 September 2014 Renewable energy has become a potent rallying cry uniting Hollywood and the Beltway. “We can move our economy town by town, state by state to renewable energy and a sustainable future,” Leonardo DiCaprio says in his eight-minute climate movie Carbon, released in August. … Continue reading Wind Power’s True & Hidden Costs: A Dirty Big Secret
Moyne Shire Council Rubberstamps AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm Noisewash
**** The nightmare that is AGL’s Macarthur wind farm began operating in October 2012 – the first 30 fired up then. All 140 giant 3MW Vestas V112s kicked into gear in about February 2013. Ever since, the locals have been driven absolutely insane with incessant low-frequency noise and infra-sound. AGL (aka “Australia’s Greatest Liars”) have … Continue reading Moyne Shire Council Rubberstamps AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm Noisewash
Pac Hydro’s Wind Farm: How the Mandatory RET Destroyed Cape Bridgewater
As STT followers are well aware, the mandatory Renewable Energy Target and the Renewable Energy Certificates issued to wind power generators under it amount to a Federal Tax on all Australian power consumers. The value of the REC Tax is then transferred to wind power outfits – like Union Super Fund backed, Pacific Hydro – … Continue reading Pac Hydro’s Wind Farm: How the Mandatory RET Destroyed Cape Bridgewater
Lunacy of Wind & Solar Power Policy: Political Incompetence or Conspiracy?
**** John Kutsch heads up the Thorium Energy Alliance an outfit that aims to see power generated using thorium enjoy a place at our reliable energy table. Thorium is an abundant silver-gray element named for the Norse god of thunder. It’s less radioactive than the uranium used to power conventional nuclear plants; it produces less … Continue reading Lunacy of Wind & Solar Power Policy: Political Incompetence or Conspiracy?
The Wind Industry: Rotten to the Core
**** We’ve reported on just how rotten the wind industry is – from top to bottom – and whether it’s bribery and fraud; vote rigging scandals; tax fraud; investor fraud or REC fraud – wind weasels set a uniform standard that would make most businessman blush. In previous posts we’ve looked at how the goons … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Rotten to the Core
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